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Our Antitrust and Competition Law Group has extensive experience in providing comprehensive service to our clients wherever antitrust and competition law comes into play, including mergers, restrictive practices and monopoly obligations. The Group offers ongoing advice to our clients, as well as representation before the Antitrust Authority, the Antitrust Tribunal and civil and criminal courts. Our lawyers are management members of the National Antitrust Committee of the Israel Bar Association and of antitrust committees in other organizations. Our clients include Israeli and multinational companies from all economy sectors: food and consumer goods, banking and insurance, real estate and commercial centers, transportation,, construction, telecommunication, postal services, tourism hi-tech and more.

Our antitrust and competition law practice includes:

Consultation regarding Mergers and Acquisitions

Our firm is involved in the largest, most complex M&A transactions in the country. Our Antitrust Group specializes in assistance to local and cross-border mergers, providing consultation with respect to merger notification requirements, assisting with notification and providing legal support until antitrust approval is obtained. We offer antitrust consultation in various merger transactions, including companies merger, purchase of assets or rights, long-term licenses or leases, etc.

Ongoing Consultation

We provide ongoing consultation to our clients on implementing antitrust law. Our services include antitrust compliance programs and legal opinions regarding various commercial practices such as supplier, client and agent agreements, joint ventures, research and development contracts, consultation to unions and more.

Representation before the Antitrust Authority and Antitrust Tribunal

We represent clients in a range of proceedings before the Antitrust Commissioner and the Antitrust Tribunal, including applications for exemptions to restrictive arrangements, hearing procedures prior to decisions such as monopoly declaration or enforcement of monetary sanctions and appealing such decisions to the Antitrust Tribunal. We are also experienced in approaching the Antitrust Commissioner regarding objections to merger or restrictive transactions and reporting third party violations of antitrust laws. .

Representation in Civil and Criminal Courts

Our Firm provides legal assistance to clients throughout the criminal proceeding, starting with the investigation and inspections by the Antitrust Authority, through hearing procedures ahead of indictment, negotiating agreed decrees or plea bargains in lieu of indictment, and criminal litigation in court. We also defend clients in civil actions, including class actions that are based on antitrust causes of action, such as excessive pricing.

Competition and Regulation

The firm consults and represents clients on competition-related regulatory matters, inter-alia, providing consultation to trade and industry unions, and advises on the implementation of the Law for Promotion of Competition in the Food Sector, and the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Concentration.